For beautiful summer roses in USDA Hardiness Zones 6 and lower, plants need protection during winter temperatures. Learn how ...

Black spot is one of the most common and frustrating diseases for rose growers. While it can weaken plants and reduce blooms, it doesn't have to take over your garden. Black spot appears as dark, ...

Begin to prepare your roses for winter in the fall months. Stop fertilizing and deadheading plants by early fall so that the ...

Christmas roses usually need a more sheltered site to thrive than the spring- flowering lenten roses. A mulch of composted bark or other similar materials helps prevent soil splashing onto blooms ...

It’s time to put up your new gardening calendar and give yourself reminders of some of the jobs you’ll need to do through the ...

Caring for rosemary indoors during winter is straightforward. Place your rosemary in a window that gets six to eight hours of ...

So send the family out on a walk, sit undisturbed by the fireplace with a mince pie to hand, and dedicate about an hour or so to some gardener’s thinking time. Then take a mug of tea, pull on your ...

The best thing you can do for any plant in your garden is to water it deeply ahead of a freeze. Water acts as an insulator, ...

It might sound counterintuitive, but landscaping plants that stay green all winter long could use some winter protection.

HERE IT IS, midway through December already! Santa is compiling his list to see who has been naughty or nice, and Olympic Peninsula residents and guests are slipping and sliding on the ice skating ...

Roses are celebrated for their beautiful flowers, but gardeners need to stay alert during fall when a destructive disease can emerge, possibly stopping the plants from blooming again. Louis Hooft, a ...

Before you trash those eggshells, know this: tomatoes cheer, potatoes perk up — and they're not the only ones. This humble ...